Speech tech company adds ‘Scottish children’s voices’ to its range of text-to-speech services
Scottish children with a range of communications difficulties will be able to speak in their native tongues thanks to updated speech technology. Until now, children in Scotland have only been...
New Scottish Government cloud services framework has a forecast value of £30m
A new Scottish Government framework for cloud services has been published with 14 suppliers able to bid for contracts worth a forecast £30m. The multi-supplier agreement, which is open to...
The public sector and the Internet of Things. Could 2019 be the year when smart networks really take off in Scotland?
At the beginning of the month a new supplier framework was launched by the Scottish Government’s procurement and commercial directorate. Released without fanfare, the new Dynamic Purchasing System is intended...
New public health body will have key leadership role in data science and innovation
A new public health body to be set up in Scotland will have a key leadership role for data science and innovation, according to a consultation paper. Public Health Scotland...
Head of Government Digital Service to take on role ‘promoting government services around the world’
Kevin Cunnington, the Director General of the Government Digital Service, is to step down and take on a new role ‘promoting government services around the world’. His new position will...
We’ve digitised public services – now it’s time to transform them. And legacy systems are on the hit list
In the eight years since the UK’s Government Digital Service was founded, more than 2,000 government websites have been consolidated into one place, one in five people now use that...
CodeBase’s Stephen Coleman joins Microsoft UK CEO Cindy Rose to conduct industry-led ‘tech competitiveness’ study
Stephen Coleman, the CEO and co-founder of Edinburgh’s tech hub CodeBase, will join Microsoft UK Chief Executive Cindy Rose on an industry-led study into tech competitiveness in the UK. Suzanne...
User research, service design, skills and building ‘our technical architecture’ – Digital Directorate lays out its next phase of development
The Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate is set to focus heavily on expanding its service design and user research capabilities whilst building a broader skills base and investing in a “coherent”...
Highland Council declared Benefits & Welfare Reform Team of the Year
Teamwork and new online applications mean that the council consistently meets the challenging one-day national target for getting crisis payments into the hands of vulnerable customers which is crucial for...
Scotland Excel: Delivering on digital
A ground-breaking event has challenged the way local government thinks about digital technologies in providing services to citizens. The event was delivered by Scotland Excel, the centre of procurement expertise...
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